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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12
"RELIEF" IN DRINK.
What Rum Really Does for the Poor Man
and His Family.

What Rum Really Does for the Poor Man
and His Family.
Let us begin at the foundation, aud
trace the saloon through society. The
first fact to be noted it that the institu-
ton is planted most thickly where the
poorest people live. 1t has been alleged
by some philanthropists and penalogists
that poverty is in many instances the
cause of drinking, and not the effect;
that men drink to forget their sorrows
and remember their misery no more.
No doubt there is some truth in this. In
digence, squalor, restitution, innutri-
ton, produce morbid conditions of body
and mind, probably reinforce inherited
tendencies to alcoholism, and move to
that desperation which seeks relief in
the oblivion either of death or drunk
enness. But, however true such con-
siderations may be, they can not affect
the obvious fact that the influence of
the saloon among the poor is wholly
mischievous. EveN with those whose
case is almost desperate the effect of
resorting to this means of forgetfulness
is pernicious. The man who browns
memory at the saloon does not facili-
tate his subsequent proceedings. He
is poorer, in worse health, less able
to confront difficulties on the NOR
row. But one tendency in him is
strengthened, and that is TIE ten
dency to repeat the debauch.
The poor man who, being a husband
and father, frequents the saloon runs
the risk of betraying his most sacred
trusts. His home may be uncomfort-
able, his meals may be unsavory, but
the saloon can not improve his sur
roundings. On the contrary it absorbs
his scanty earnings, thus depriving
those dependent on him of the pit
lance of food and clothing he alone
is able to supply. The drinking hus-
band, too, often makes a drinking
wife. For the women among the poor
have most need of all the moral sup
port their husbands, fathers, brothers,
can bring them. Being physically
weaker, they are more liable to faint
under the heat and burden of the day;
and when they see theman who should
be their staff and prop cravenly giving
away to despair and selfshly seeking
oblivion Tor himself, they are apt to
succumb to the pressure and to follow
the evil example.
Then the fate of the children is gen.
orally sealed. The saloon has orphaned
them. 1t will be henceforward their
school and training ground. 1t will
bring them up to be petty thieves, while
they are developing the muscle that is
70 qualify them for ruffianism; and
when they are old enough they will
fall naturally into some gang, if they
live in city, and become material for
professional criminals, loafers and
wrecks.-George Frederic Parsons, in
atlantic MOnthIu.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12
SALOON COMPANIONS.

Selflshness and HeartIessness Exhibited
What the Saloon Does for the Poor
Man.
The saloon of the poor man is usual
ly marked by vulgar decoration or
careless squalor. 1t offers him more
warmth and better shelter. perhaps,
than he can get at home. 1t appeals
to his most selfish feelings. It tickles
his self-indulgence. He finds there,
too, an excitement companionship,
which are seductive. But what is the
sociability encountered at the saloon?
1t is q sham, like all the alleged pleas
ure obtainable from the institution.
Saloon friendship is Dead Sea apple
The men who strike hands with one an
other as comrades and boon companions
will stand by while one of their num-
Der goes headlong to distinctions; will
observe with stolid passivity the vic
TINS advance from one fatal symptom
to another; will register his successive
downward steps, marking in cold
blood his loss of one hOldfast after an
other; and when ruin, complete and
irreversible. has concluded the drama,
they will turn away and pursue their
own affairs. The truth is that the
spirit of the saloon is incompatible
with the termination or growth of
real friendship, as it is with any good
thing. Indeed, its influences and ten
denotes are so palpably and wholly
evil that any nation voluntarily adopt
ing such an institution, and accepting
it as part of the fixed order of things,
could hardly escape Manicheism but
for that curious aptitude of the aver
age human mind to separate religious
beliefs from everyday experiences.
The lowering influences of the saloon
react directly and with energy upon the
poorest classes. The abuse of drink does
not necessarily or Immediately involve
personal degradation or personal priva-
ton among such as possess some prop
erty. But with those for whom sus-
tanned sobriety can procure only mar
row su1ficiency, intemperance means
swift descent into discomfort and suffer-
ing The poor man can not drink with
out falling behind in every thing. The
saloon not only deprives him of reason
and the full use of his faculties, itdrives
him to the pawnshop with his few pos
sessions; it strips him, his wife anil hi~
children of the clothing they need; il
bares the walls of his poor rooms; it
makes all his material surroundings
meaner and shabbier at the same time
that it implants distaste for the steady
industry which is the one means of re-
demption.- George Frederic Parsons, in
atlantic Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12
TEMPERANCE READING.
THE CURSE OF RUM.

We hear, until our hearts grow dumb, n
OF all the ruin wrought by rum;
Men plead in prayer and speech and song
Against this endless worldwide wrong;
While from ten thousand wretched homes
A oeaseless wall Of sorrow comes,
Where husbands, fathers, children, wives
Weep DER dishonored, blighted lives,
Or gather round the hopeless graves
Where lie entombed runs ruined slaves
A sad, funereal, endless train,
Who mourn their dead as doubly slain.
What curse in all this world of woes
So wide and deep shadow throws9
What plague so dire pervades the earth
AS that which has from rum its BIRTH
War, famine, pestilence-a train
Or triple plagues-have never slain,
Through all the woeful ages past,
multitude of men so vast
AS that which makes the total sum
or those who've lost their lives by rum.
Those plaques but steal mans mortal breath,
This smites him with the second DEATH"
Those make the bodys grave their goal,
This kills The body and the soul;
Those stay where once the victim fell,
This digs his grave as deep as hell;
Those leave beyond all harm and loss,
A place for mercy's healing cross,
This for the man who by it fell
No object but the drunkards hell
o men who love our human kindl
Are We so careless or so blind
That ye will shield by voice and vote
This monster at the Nations throat,
And give him still a stronger hold,
All for the cursed love Of goldt
% justice, canst thou bend thy bow
From storm-clouds DER this scene of woe
And stay thy bolts nor smite the wrong
For human hands too old and strongg
. Thou who rulest over all
And nearest whene'er Thy children call,
Come to our rescue, Father, come,
And stay this blighting curse of rum!
Joel SWaFtz, d. d., in Temperance AdUocqte.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12
RUNNING A PAPER.
Every Body Can Do 1t Except the Hard
Working, Patient Editor.

Every Body Can Do 1t Except the Hard
Working, Patient Editor.
''Now any man can run paper; it 5
the easiest business in the world" said
large, red-faced man, with small
pug in the waiting-room of IL
country railroad station.
That's so, piped up n half-dozcn
voices; easiest thing in the world. )"
just at this point mysterious stranger
in the corner came forward and in meek
mild voice, tremulous with emotion. he
said: Gentlemen, l am most happy to
meet with such an array of talent and
genius as | see before me. Allow me
to ask a single question of each one of
you individually. What is your bust
ness, my friend?" he said, turning to
the man nearest him.
"rm Il butcher, sir"
"And yours?"
"a carpenter"
"And yours?"
"a cobbler."
And so he went the rounds of the
company and found an undertaken,
cabinet maker, baker, two farmers and
county pauper-but they were each
and all positive that they could run a
paper. Didn't seem to have the
slightest doubt about it.
"Alasr' said the meek, mysterious
little man, after he had completed his
inquiries, 81 feel abashed and .humbled
before this assemblage of talent and
journalistic genius. But do you really
think you can run a paper?'
"Of course" they shouted, in chorus.
"Well, can't" and the mysterious
stranger wept as if his heart would
break.
They looked at him in wonderment
and blank establishment, but at last the
large man with the pug nose asked,
with little embarrassment; Pardon
me, sir, but what is your businessP'
II, am an-an editor, sir" sobbed
the mysterious stranger.
"O,that accounts for itr' shouted the
crowd in chorus, and they left the
weeping man alone with his grief
Lynn Union.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12
She Kept Family Secrets.

ibid you say to Mrs. Jones that I
was perfect brute around the house?"
asked travelling man of his wife.
mo, my dear; did not. How could
you think it possible?"
81 believe you. 1 am glad to find
that gossip has lied in this case, as
usual"
"You should not have entertained
such thought for an instant" she said,
whimperingly.
Darling, forgive me; it is all over.
Yet you can not blame me. had it
from an excellent source"
"But haven't you learned by this time
that never tell family secretsP"-Mer-
chant Traveller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12
EVERGREEN HEDGES.
Good and Bad Points of Hemlock Spruce
and Arbor VITAE Shelter.


Without wishing to discourage PLAN
tiers, they should be informed of the de-
fects as well as good points, in ever
green shelters. Hemlock spruce, cer-
tainly the most beautiful for the pur-
pose, and arbor vitae, the most economic
cal, are, unfortunately, not to be de-
pended upon at all times. In very ex-
posed situations, where the strong north
west wind has full sweep of them, we
sometimes find large gaps in the hedge
when few mild days start vegetation.
Now both these species are considered
quite hardy, extending as they do very
far north in their native forests, but if
planted thickly in hedge some of the
plants become fatally injured. Ex-
hausted soil and severe pruning COM
bined SO enervate their vital power that
they succumb to the inevitable. while
single specimens of the same trees, un-
pruned, will in all probability remain
uninjured. So far Norway spruce in
hedges has not been liable to this de-
feet, although in many instances as
thoroughly exposed as the foregoing 1t
requires very close trimming to pre-
serve its form, but from some underlined
cause it does not become enfecbled--or,
at worst, not sufficient to be hurt by u
low temperature and high winds -
JoStdb Hopes, In n. Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12

STATISTICS show that in Belgium tho
consumption of intoxicating liquors is
five times greater than that of Ger
many. Though one of the most dense
ly-peopled and busy countries in the
world, Belgium plays but an insignif-
cant part in the drama of international
politics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12

For an economical pudding take
thin slices of stale bread, butter them
on both sides, cover the bottom of a
pudding dish with them and spread jam
of any kind over them; then add anoth-
er layer, and so on Sntil the dish is full.
Have = thin layer of buttered bread on
top. Serve hot, with cream or custard
made Of pint of milk, one cup of sugar
and two eggs.-BoSton Budget.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12

My idea is, that work done under
the influence of any kind of stimulant
is u.healthy work and tends to 10
pood,-Prof John Stuart Bldckio.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12

WEAK lungs, splitting of blood consump-
ton and kindred affections, cured without
physician. Address for treatise, with ~
cents in stamps, Worlds Dispensary Medi-
cal Association, 663 Main ST., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12

If man wants to drown sorrow in
the bowl let him try bowl of water.
Bowls of liquor are already too full of
sorrow.-M 0. Picay1ne.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12

IT is the lawyer who always stands to
Reasonable Jltdge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12

EVERY sign on a liquor saloon is an
insult to God and an insult to man,
ReU. Sam Jones.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12

RELIEF is immediate, and cure sure.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. 80 cents
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12

WHAT kind Of eggs are plots Matched
from l--LOwcU Citizen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12

YouNe ladies' who intend to teach school
should study palmistry.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12

: ALWAYS has a pryor engagement-the
crowbar. --Tt1ds Strings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12

TIE Indian smokes the pipe Of peace, the
Lishman piece Of pipe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12
FACE, HANDS, FEET,

nsuN FACE, HANDS, FEET,
@GSSM and all their imperfectons, including Ia
% lW cial Development, Hair and Scalp, Super
NNU auous Hair, Birth Marks, Moles, Warts,
VA go Moth, Freckles Red Nose, Acne Black
XH\-ANA Heads Scars, FITTING and their treatment
Ro w Send 10c for book OF 80 pages, 4th edition.
DrJ II. Woodbury., 81 n Pearl Albany N 1870
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-16
Convenience of the Cigarette.

The habit of smoking cigarettes
among public officials is alarmingly on
the increase. 1t is due, no doubt, to
the fact that the cigarette affords
means of satisfying an Appetite OF
craving for tobacco and affords enough
pleasure to the smoker to last for the
time it is wanted. "A cigar or pipe is
too much of smoke" said an official,
to an AMERICAN represen tative about
the matter to-day, lin the Office where
you are liable to be called on at II NOM
ent's notice by lady or summoned in.
to the presence Of superior In an
emergency OF the kind the little thing
can be thrown aside. The cigarette,
YOU see, is cheap. A good cigar'' less
than 10 cents in price is not considered
the thing to be seen in the mouth
of an official with some authority. The
cigarette also affords little pleasure,
and il is very convenient" The same
argument was found to prevail among
al lnt Olltltl- WIN Wtlt SUCH h'4uH
the little article. Army officers, as Il
rule, were noticed to be addicted large
" to the habit of using the cigarette.
They find it cheaper in the long run
than cigars. 1t has now become
common among them to offer q friend
cigarette. II refused. the reply is:
II used to smoke cigars, but find
the cigarette is more convenient"
Nearly all the young men and, in fact
not few OF the old men in high social
life can be seen smoking them. At any
of the receptions it is customary now
to see groups Of men in the gentle
mems room putting away vigorously
on the ''little delight" It is rarely
to see a cigar used on such occasions.
A large tobacconist here stated in con-
versation to-day that the sale Of cigar
cites was enormous in this city. and
was not confined in any class. He
stated that the government clerks
bought largely Of them. as they con-
sidered il much cheaper for them to
use on the sly during Office hours =
Baltimore american
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-16

benefit from the practice. The COS
olusion Is that new land docs not need
to have It's subsoil broken up. and may
possibly even be injured thereby. In
all new land. full of vegetable matter.
there are natural watercourses through
the subsoil. worked by passing water
along the lines Of decayed tree and
grass roots. The effect Of subsoilsr
must be to break up these natural
underdrains, and II the soil is naturally
compact 1t soon becomes too wet Even
an old land subsoilIng often does as
much harm as good unless it is proceed.
ed or accompanied by undertaking.
PLANTING POTATOES IN DRILLS
As long as potatoes were planted
mainly in little patches for home use,
in one corner Of tho cornfield. they
were generally put in hills. with rows
both ways and the same distance apart
as the corn But potatoes do not need
so much room as this. II the ground
is rich and moist, as 1t should be, the
rows need be only two feet ten inches
apart, and the seed be dropped at in
tervals of twelve to fifteen inches in
drills. The land can only be worked
one way by this method. but the yield
will be largely increased. Use good
sized potatoes and cut out the eyes, so
as to plant only one or two In hill
with good chunk Of potato attached.
II cut to single eyes the pieces will bs
so small that many will often fail to
grow.
UNDERTAKING. WET PLACES.
In no country in the world do so
largo a proportion of its farmers own
the land they till as in the United
States. And yet there are thousands
who act as II they were only leasing
their farms and were liable to be turned
of at any time. The amount Of work
done every Spring, and often both in
Spring and Fall, in opening burrows for
surplus water to pass oil from the sur
face. would soon dig and lay an under
drain through which water would for
ever pass away underground, and re-
curing, no extra expense. Consider
ing that weh-laid underdrain is
permanent investment. no farm inn
provement pays better interest in the
saving OF labor In draining low ground.
to say nothing of the fact that the water
which soaks away underground leaves
the soil rich. while that which washes
over the surface carries off fertility
american CflltiUdtor.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-16
The Process that Cotton Fiber
Goes Through.

Goes Through.
Few people ever stop to think of the
twistlngs and turnings and the various
processes that cotton fiber goes through
after it is taken from the pod before it
is wound upon spool and ready for the
housewives needle. The whole story
is told. however, in small space in
one of the cases in the hall in the Nation
al Museum, given up to an exhibition
of textile fabrics. This is one Of the
many object lessons in the museum,
which combined are intended 10 tell the
story of man as he exists on the earth.
First is shown specimen of cotton in
the pod just as it is picked, without
having the seeds removed. Next is
shown specimen of the same cot.
ton after it has been ginned and the
black seeds removed. The Sea Island
cotton is used for thread on
account of the length of the fl
bre. A sample of the sacking in
which the cotton Is baled is also shown.
Then the cotton is supposed to have
been baled and shipped to the thread
factory. Here the first thing that is
done with the cotton is to subject ii to
the picker process, by which the cot
ton from several bales is mixed to Sc.
cure uniformity. During the picking
process much waste. in the form OF
dust, dirt and short iibres, is separated
from the good iibers, by the picker.
Next the ''picked" cotton is wound on
machine, in sheets or laps, into aroll
The next process illustrated by a
practical exhibit Is the carding. by
which the sheets of cotton are combed
or run out into long parallel fibres.
The cotton is next seen drawn through
a trumpet-shaped opening, which con-
denses it into a single strand of "sil-
YER" Then eight such slvers are run
together into one, six of the strands
thus produced are drawn into one. and
again six of the strands from the last
drawing are combined into one. Then
comes the slubbing or fast rowing"
process, which consists of winding the
strand and bobbin. Two strands are
twisted and again wound on Il bobbihL
After number of other twistings and
windings. during which the strand is
gradually reduced in size until it begins
to assume a threadlike appearance,
two strands of this fine rowing" are
run together and twisted. under con-
siderable tension, on bobbin that
makes 1000 revolutions minute. Two
of the cords thus produced are then
wound together on spool. and then
twisted from that to another SPOOL
American CHifirafor.
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had In any night more than three hours'
sleep. aud that his friends. realizing
his condition. sent him on In the hope
that once he got tho thing before the
Office he would forget all about 1t. ]
saw plainly that IL the old man work.
another six months over 1t he would
have 10 DO put in an insane asylum.
Well. the old man went home, and do
you know that before the following
Thursday got an allowance Yes,
sir. They gave him patent on it. l
expected. you know, that after 1 had
completed the preliminaries they would
give me some references, and by this
means | could delay the affair as long
as pleased. But no. 1t went through
without hitch. and hardly had the old
man got to his home before my letter
telling him about it must have reached
him."
What then happenedP"
II don't know. / have often won
dered since what the old man did and
whether he was finally locked up in
an insane asylum"
II suppose you have had many other
singular cases." said the reporter.
ANY quantity Of them" replied the
attorney. II had case not long ago.
An inventor living way back in the
country wrote me that he wanted to
get out patent on q churn. The
peculiar feature OF the invention was
that at tho same time the cream VIZ.
churned the butter made was collected
In the churn by particular motion in
churning. But the man had not the
happy faculty of expressing himself
onpaper with clearness. and so when
he wrote personally for apatent they
threw tho thing out of the Office be-
cause they could not understand it.
Well. one night | bought gallon and
a half Of cream. and after ! got home
l got out the churn and poured the
cream into It, l churned away for
about ten minutes, and then, hauling
up the lid. saw about three pounds OF
butter nicely packed against one side
of the churn. When presented the
case to the exam ner he again threw II
out but | appealed to the board, be-
cause | was satisfied that it was
practical idea When the day came
for me to demonstrate the theory j
got the same amount of cream, and,
using the same means, produced o.
similar result. The board was aston
ished. The examiner, who was present,
was more so, and asked me to eluci-
date the theory for his benefit. | told
him did not know any more than he
how II was done. The effect was pro.
duced by the motion of the cream in
the churn. as told you. When
churned it was sent from one side to
the other. and then back to the center,
and never saw butter packed more
neatly in my life. Why. it did not
leave even decent buttermilk. y Wash
ington Star.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-16

A dog is property when It has been stolen;
bnt n q not property when the tar assessed
zones round.-Ner 0'isaw P'eognAe.